We all carry a suitcase packed with stories from where we’ve come from and dreams of where we’re headed.A Stranger, A Suitcase, and A Story is a podcast about people who’ve lefthome to build a new life in a new land. Hosted by two immigrants, Anton van der Walt and Ben Liebenberg, this series explores the emotional, professional, and entrepreneurial journeys of immigrants who’ve rebuilt, reinvented, and reimagined their lives. Inspired by Bruno Catalano’s sculpture I Viaggiatori, this podcast dives into the themes of identity, belonging, resilience, and the spaces we fill along the way.
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A Stranger, a Suitcase and a Story is a society podcast hosted by Anton and Ben, with 31 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.
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Anton and Ben hosts A Stranger, a Suitcase and a Story, a society show with 31 episodes published.
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Episode #31
Why Zig When You Can Zagga with Alan Greenstein
Jun 18, 20261h 22mS2
He shipped 200 bottles of single malt to Australia — and paid more in duty than they were worth. Then opened his home every month and shared every single one. Within a year he had a network. Within a decade he had built a $3 billion business. None of it was an accident. Alan Greenstein didn't leave South Africa because things got hard. He left because he saw exactly where things were going, and he refused to let his kids grow up in it. A lawyer turned banker turned entrepreneur, Alan arrived in Sydney in January 2009 at 48 years old, knowing 14 people, most of them family. He'd just stepped down as Group MD of Sasfin Bank. He had no job, no network, and a container full of whisky. What happened next is a masterclass in reinvention. In this episode, Alan gets into: · Why he shipped 200 bottles of single malt — and turned them into a community · The court case that almost blocked him from ever getting an Australian visa · Three defining moments that made leaving South Africa non-negotiable · How a career across Mercantile, Sasfin and beyond prepared him for something he hadn't built yet · How Zagga — a name born from "zigzagging around the banks" — became a private credit business with $3 billion in transactions And through all of it — the reinvention, the whisky nights, the court rooms - one thing never changed: Alan's belief that the person doing the giving always gets more than the person receiving. "If you can't walk the talk, you shouldn't talk the talk in the first place."
Where Purpose Meets Philanthropy with Lawrence Jackson
Jun 4, 20261h 15mS2
<p>He arrived in Australia in 1982 - one of the first wave of South Africans to leave. He brought Mango Groove on tour. Helped raise the first $1 billion philanthropy campaign in Australian history. And is now rebuilding a university's connection to its diaspora, from the outside. Oh, and he never even went to that university.</p><p>Some people don't follow a plan. They follow a thread.</p><p>Lawrence Jackson grew up in Sandton, Johannesburg, the oldest of three boys in a close-knit Jewish family, with a big house, a love of sport, and the kind of upbringing he...
<p>She filled out a university application form for fun. Got accepted. Moved to Australia. Got rejected by every law firm she applied to. Went home. Came back. Got rejected again. Today she's a partner at one of Australia's top tier law firms. </p><p>Some stories don't follow a plan. This is one of them. </p><p> </p><p>Sanushka Seomangal grew up in Durban on the North Coast, one of the youngest grandchildren in one of those big, beautiful South African Indian families where there's always someone at the door, always food on the stove, and you're never truly alone...
<p>He spent two and a half years waking up at midnight to work Australian hours from South Africa. He got divorced three weeks before he boarded the plane. He landed in Melbourne — alone — with a golf bag that cost him R19,000 just to check in. Was it worth it?</p><p> </p><p>This is one of those episodes that stays with you.</p><p>Dan Nel is not someone who moved to Australia years ago and has it all figured out. He's living the journey right now. A certified financial planner from Bloemfontein, Dan arrived in Melbourne in Janua...
Before You Pack That Suitcase with Sean Kupferberg
Apr 23, 20261h 6mS2
<p>80 enquiries a day. From people dreaming of leaving South Africa. Less than 10% actually make it happen. What separates the ones who do... from the ones who don't?</p><p> Anton and Ben sat down with someone who's seen it all, not as someone who emigrated, but as the person sitting across the desk when families take the biggest decision of their lives.</p><p>Sean Kupferberg is the Managing Director of New World Immigration in Cape Town. Since 2016, he's helped hundreds of South Africans navigate the path to Australia — from corporate professionals to tradespeople — and he's watched the full spect...
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